Vehicle-bow



L. EMERSON & J. W. S.PISHER.

Vehicle Bow.

No. 232,117. Patented Sept. 14, I880.

- Inventore. gmfi UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

LOWE EMERSON, OF COLLEGE HILL, AND JOHN W. S. FISHER, OF CINCINNATI,OHIO.

VEHICLE-BOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 232,117, datedSeptember 14, 1880. Application filed August 28, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LOWE EMERSON and JOHN W. S. FISHER, respectively ofthe town of College Hill and the city of Cincinnati, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Vehicle-Bows, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to that class of bows for vehicle-tops which arecovered with leather, mole-skin, tan-back, or other suitable material.

According to the ordinary method the leather which incases the bow,having been cut into the proper width and length, is then wrapped aroundthe bow, and the two edges of the leather being brought together, theyare sewed to each other. This method of applying the leather to the bowsis objectionable, inasmuch as the raw rough edges of the leather at theseam protrude and form an unsightly rib upon the cover, being at oncedisagreeable to the eye and rough to the hand.

Our invention obviates this defect; and it consists in first stitchingthe material which is to form the cover, wrong side out, on a pattern ofthe same size and shape as the bow which is to be covered, thenturningsaid material right side out in the act of withdrawing it fromsaid pattern, and finally slipping the cover so sewed and turned ontothe bow proper, thereby obtaining for the bow, as covered with leather,a handsome finish, the edges of the seam of the cover being within thelatter and the surface being flush on both sides of the seam without anyrib, so that a smooth seam at the juncture of the edges is presented onthe exterior surface of the cover.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a view, inperspective, of a portion of a bow and cover embodying our invention.Fig. 2 represents a cross-section of the same.

A indicates a portion of the bow, for completeness of outfit providedwith a slat-iron, B, the latter consisting of the eyeaand shank I). Theleather cover 0 incloses the how. The

seam -D, whereby the two longitudinal edges (1 d of the cover areunited, is smooth at the outside, the two protruding edges of the seambeing within the cover and lying against the how.

The method of preparing the cover and of applying it to the bow is asfollows: From the leather blank a piece of the proper dimensions to formthe cover is out, which piece is placed around the bow, or a stick ofsimilar size and shape, that surface which is to be the future outsideof the cover being next to said how or stick, and the edges sewedtogether, either by hand or machine. After the edges have been sewedtogether the cover is stripped off from the bow or stick by commencingat the larger end and turning it out, so that when it is entirelyremoved from the stick it will have bren turned right side out. Afterthe cover has been turned it is slipped upon the how it is intended tocover, care being taken that the edges of the seam lie fiat against thesurface of the bow; orwhere a longitudinal groove has been provided inthe how the edges should lie in this groove. The bow is then employed inthe vehicle-top in the customary modes.

Our invention gives the cover a beautiful finish, pleasing both to theeye and touch.

What we claim as new and of our iuvention is The within-describedprocess of applying seamed flexible coverings to carriage-bows, whichprocess consists in first stitching the material, wrong side out, on apattern of the same size and shape as the bow. then turning saidmaterial inside out in the act of withdrawing it from the pattern, andfinally slipping it onto the bow proper, substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

LOWE EMERSON. J. W. S. FISHER. Attest:

J. H. PARVIS, J. A. MACKEY.

